he could go before #15. Fair chance that he wouldn't just as well though. Talkin here the players we can surely peg as gone filling draft spots before the Saints. As said, between now and the draft I imagine we will have another 3-5 on the list. Just talking how things stand right now.

Anyone have other players they can suggest as 90% sure they will be gone? Not maybes, might be's, or could be's. That's the thread of who our pick could be. This is just to define who should we eliminate from the discussion.

Some of them are fascinating to me. For example, you might say giving up #10 (Jerod Mayo) & #78 (Shawn Crable) to get Ellis at #7 was a shitty deal. BUT we did get a #164 from NE too. Who did that end up being? Why it was going to fukkin Disneyland Carl Nicks!

re: Seven Players The Saints Will Have No Chance of Drafting(Posted by blueslover on 1/1/13 at 9:39 am to WicKed WayZ)

Some may not be enamored with a DB but Banks or Rhodes could be the BPA at #15.

PRob prolly had the most trouble adapting to Spags zone scheme more than any other player. He was drafted to be a man cover. Greer is under contract for 3 more years but will be 31 next year. White was excellent for where he came from. Patrick might be cut next year. Mack looked pretty solid for #3 guy.

re: Seven Players The Saints Will Have No Chance of Drafting(Posted by Double Oh on 1/1/13 at 10:02 am to blueslover)

quote:Besides better players one of the benefits of drafting higher is that the pool of possible draftees get much easier to define. At this point I have these names as 0% chance of being available at #15. Trading up might be a possibility if one would be around at #12-14. Higher than that and the price becomes exorbitant. Also one of the suckiest things is that the Bucs & Panthers pick at #13 & 14- not the most conducive trade partners.

In part this effort is to hopefully reduce the number of threads about players that have no realistic chance of landing in NOLA. The next tier is where we need to focus discussion. Seven more beyond these will go before the Saints pick. Can we agree on these as consensus no-way-possibles? Whaddya say?